Neat Statues/ Artwork

There is a Mexican restaurant in Idabel where Kent takes us to eat called Papa Pablano's. Inside the foyer they have a couple of statues I thought were really neat.

Ben liked the Sheriff.This is the best picture of all three of them I could get.

The singing frogs are also very cool. They are all metal and seem to be make of scrap.

Breakfast of Champions

This morning we had breakfast from McDonald's (which is a place I HATE to visit). Anyway, all three boys shared Deluxe Breakfast which include 3 hotcakes, 1 piece of sausage, hashbrowns, eggs and a biscuit. I placed the rest of the order (3 drinks and 2 Bacon, Egg and Cheese biscuits) and then the woman told me they were out of hashbrowns. I asked if I could sub an extra biscuit and she told me I could. Then she asked me to repeat the whole order. As soon as I said Deluxe Breakfast she quit listening.



You have not lived until you have attempted to feed a very squirmy 13 month old an egg-like product while he sits on your lap and you also try to eat a little of your biscuit. Ben ate all the eggs, 1/3 of a biscuit and 2 rice rusks (name brand Baby Mum Mum - they are great, not messy at all and dissolve easily). This was after he had a 8 oz sippy cup full of Cheerios. The boy should be wider than he is tall! Ty and Griffin split the hotcakes, sausage and biscuit. And then proceeded to clown around in the van. I missed the picture of Ty trying to pull Griffin back over the seat and out of the trunk. I don't know how many times Griffin has climbed over and had to be rescued. You would think he'd learn by now . . .

Then we went to the sale. It is cooler than normal for August but it is still difficult for such young children to sit still and handle the heat. After a couple of hours we retreated to the van for a Dumbo showing.

On the Needles

I'm making another barn dishcloth and this time I used the correct size needles. ;) I can tell an improvement over the first and I'm less than half-way through the pattern.

Shortly after I started this post, I attempted to knit in very little light (ok it was dark). This morning I had to remove 4 rows to fix my mistake but I learned something in the process. #1 - Don't knit in the dark and #2 I don't have to frog the whole thing when I make a mistake.

On the Road Again

It's time for Idabel!

We decided to try to get in a little swimming so the boys and I loaded up and headed to OK with Kent. Madisyn wanted to spend the night with Nana and Papaw so she could go back to Uncle Phillip's to ride the horse.

So here we are . . . On the Road, Again!

Salt Dough Maps

It's time for another adventure in Tapestry of Grace.






Part of the study includes geography. Since we don't know much about the official definitions of terms like mountains, plateaus, mesas, and inlets we made 3-D maps to help learn what these mean.

Madisyn finished the landscape portion of hers and left it alone.

Ty and Griffin made a river valley and few hills and mountains but then decided it was more fun to play in it, so they made some sort of free form object. I'm sure when it comes time to paint Ty will try to convince me that it really is a landscape. Oh well, I can't expect every project to turn out right.